So I am currently reading David Eggers "What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng". I am 115 pages in and it is very interesting. I don't get the whole why this is a novel by Eggers as it is an Achak Deng's story as child during the Sudanese Civil War. But it is definitely worth a read.
What are you reading
I am debating between three books for my vacation to Bethany Beach next week: the sixth Dexter book, Game of Thrones, or Chuck P's Damned.
Sadly, the best "Read" thread we had died in the last major BBoard crash. That one was like 20 pages….
But still:
http://forum.930.com/index.php?topic=18137.60
http://forum.930.com/index.php?topic=3681.0
We'll see how long this one lasts.
But still:
http://forum.930.com/index.php?topic=18137.60
http://forum.930.com/index.php?topic=3681.0
We'll see how long this one lasts.
?uestlove's memoir "mo' meta blues" is impossible to put down - roller skating w/prince, producing al green, can't give too much away.
Started clive davis' bio but it's due tomorrow.
Started clive davis' bio but it's due tomorrow.
please kill me
A Time Out and Daily News Top Ten Book of the Year upon its initial release, Please Kill Me is the first oral history of the most nihilist of all pop movements. Iggy Pop, Danny Fields, Dee Dee and Joey Ramone, Malcom McLaren, Jim Carroll, and scores of other famous and infamous punk figures lend their voices to this definitive account of that outrageous, explosive era. From its origins in the twilight years of Andy Warhol?s New York reign to its last gasps as eighties corporate rock, the phenomenon known as punk is scrutinized, eulogized, and idealized by the people who were there and who made it happen.
A Time Out and Daily News Top Ten Book of the Year upon its initial release, Please Kill Me is the first oral history of the most nihilist of all pop movements. Iggy Pop, Danny Fields, Dee Dee and Joey Ramone, Malcom McLaren, Jim Carroll, and scores of other famous and infamous punk figures lend their voices to this definitive account of that outrageous, explosive era. From its origins in the twilight years of Andy Warhol?s New York reign to its last gasps as eighties corporate rock, the phenomenon known as punk is scrutinized, eulogized, and idealized by the people who were there and who made it happen.
stevewizzle wrote:
please kill me
One of my favorite books….in fact I think I still owe Hutch his copy back :-\
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson.
I got sucked into the Fifth Wave at the beach. Decent YA dystopia read.
The 6th GoT book is really good. My second favorite after the 3rd one!
I got sucked into the Fifth Wave at the beach. Decent YA dystopia read.
The 6th GoT book is really good. My second favorite after the 3rd one!
Sidehatch wrote:stevewizzle wrote:
please kill me
One of my favorite books….in fact I think I still owe Hutch his copy back :-\
i'm not too far past the "lou reed asked to shit on my face" moment. it's really an incredible read so far.
K8teebug wrote:
The 6th GoT book is really good. My second favorite after the 3rd one!
please explain….
No spoilers though!
killsaly wrote:
No spoilers though!
Snape Kills Dumbledore.
K8teebug wrote:
The 6th GoT book is really good. My second favorite after the 3rd one!
please explain….
I just thought it had the suspense and plot developments on par with the third book. I had alot of trouble with the fourth book.
We're talking about the 5th book here…the 6th book isn't out yet.
vansmack wrote:killsaly wrote:
No spoilers though!
Snape Kills Dumbledore.
classic…
sweetcell wrote:vansmack wrote:killsaly wrote:
No spoilers though!
Snape Kills Dumbledore.
classic…
I thought you had me blocked.
sweetcell wrote:vansmack wrote:killsaly wrote:
No spoilers though!
Snape Kills Dumbledore.
classic…
+1
vansmack wrote:I meant for the A Song of Ice and Fire books, but thanks.killsaly wrote:
No spoilers though!
Snape Kills Dumbledore.
In my teens, 20's and 30's it was pretty much all fiction. Now it's mostly non-fiction. Mostly books I gedt for $10 a box at the library book sale clearance. Currently reading Home and Away by Scott Simon.
Have you read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and/or The Lost City of Z? Both good.
It's always been non-fiction for me, but I've been told that I have to turn it off on my next vacation. So I'm thinking of reading:
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. By Adelle Waldman
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. By Adelle Waldman
killsaly wrote:
I meant for the A Song of Ice and Fire books, but thanks.
Sorry. That was probably my favorite post of all time on this board, which I think was before your time (though perhaps you were a lurker).
Back in 05 or 06, we had a high school kid named flawd101 on the board who was nothing short of naive and AWESOME. In the original, now defunct "What are you reading thread?" the Harry Potter book had just come out and flawd posted:
Originally posted by flawd101:
any one of you read the new harry potter…i am a teenager so i did…long story short…
snape kills dumbledore…
A lot of people hadn't finished it yet. And I thought it was awesome.
vansmack wrote:killsaly wrote:
I meant for the A Song of Ice and Fire books, but thanks.
Sorry. That was probably my favorite post of all time on this board, which I think was before your time (though perhaps you were a lurker).
Back in 05 or 06, we had a high school kid named flawd101 on the board who was nothing short of naive and AWESOME. In the original, now defunct "What are you reading thread?" the Harry Potter book had just come out and flawd posted:
Originally posted by flawd101:
any one of you read the new harry potter…i am a teenager so i did…long story short…
snape kills dumbledore…
A lot of people hadn't finished it yet. And I thought it was awesome.
Great and I haven't read any of the Potter books yet. THanks flawd101.